Gangs
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ANALYSIS
Honduras’s Harsh New Gang Laws Expose Risks of an Unequal Justice System
Honduras has approved sweeping gang penalties, including life imprisonment, but harsher punishment carries dangerous consequences when courts struggle with corruption,…
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AMERICAS
Haiti’s Gang Crackdown: Can More Boots and Force Restore What the State Cannot?
Four missing Salvadoran soldiers have exposed the distance between Haiti’s security promises and its realities. Allegations of political protection for…
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LIFE
El Salvador’s Prison Reforms Offer Hope, But Families Still Demand Justice
Parents in El Salvador who once feared gangs now wait for news from prisons holding their sons. A proposed review…
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AMERICAS
El Salvador Reinforcements Confront Haiti Rescue Crisis, Exposing Limits of Tough Rhetoric
Four Salvadoran aviation technicians remain missing after a Haiti gang ambush, drawing reinforcements and threats from Nayib Bukele. Their disappearance…
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ANALYSIS
Guatemala Counts Fewer Murders as Abandoned Bodies Tell a More Troubling Story
Guatemala’s homicide toll has edged downward, yet discoveries of wrapped, abandoned bodies have surged. Concentrated around the capital, the pattern…
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AMERICAS
Hostages Become Human Shields as Haiti Loses Ground in Kenscoff
More than sixty civilians are being held under threat of execution after gangs killed forty-seven people in Kenscoff, exposing how…
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ANALYSIS
Ecuador’s Teddy Bear Hitmen Reveal a Gang War Without Borders
A gang leader's killing outside Guayaquil airport, carried out by teenagers hiding a gun behind flowers and a stuffed toy,…
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ANALYSIS
Venezuela Gang Strike Shows Crime Now Crosses Every Border Line
The killing of Tren de Aragua leader Niño Guerrero in Venezuela marks more than a battlefield headline. It exposes a…
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AMERICAS
Guatemala Maras Trade Extortion Fear for Cocaine Cash and Control
Guatemala's police say Mara Salvatrucha and Barrio 18 are moving beyond extortion into drug trafficking, a dangerous shift that could…
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AMERICAS
Haiti Bleeds as Gang Battles Turn Cité-Soleil Into Burning Map
Haiti's latest gang clashes near Port-au-Prince have killed more than eighty people, exposing a security collapse where armed groups fight…
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